Economic Development

Innovate ABQ, the University of New Mexico planned hub for entrepreneurial education and economic development will be a central part of a new initiative announced by Mayor Richard Berry this week. The partnership brings in an initial $100,000 ...

The Bernalillo County Commission recently voted to approve $1 million to the Innovate ABQ project. The money will be added to the $2 million pledged by the City of Albuquerque, the $3 million from New Mexico Educators Federal Credit Union, almost $1.5 ...

The path to becoming an entrepreneur in New Mexico could go something like this: Come to UNM. Ground yourself in the basics. Meet others who have similar interests but different skills. Start a company. That is the basic premise behind an effort by the

UNM’s Real Estate Department is conducting due diligence activities as a proposed deal to purchase a seven acre site now occupied by buildings owned by the First Baptist Church progresses.

In the summer of 2012 as the concept of an innovation district was taking shape among UNM and community leaders as the key to reshaping the New Mexico economy, two important advisory groups were created.  

Deans, administrators and interested faculty members are beginning to think about what UNM does and how it relates to long term economic goals for the university. 

In a short ceremony on Jan. 17 the University of New Mexico and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) signed an Inter-Institutional Visitor Agreement (IVA) to allow access for UNM researchers to the Annular Core Research Reactor (ACRR) facility and ...

Four members of the UNM faculty have presented their ideas to the New Mexico Angels, a group of local venture capitalists. The New Mexico Angels listen to faculty proposals throughout the year and frequently offer help to researchers either in human re

The University of New Mexico added another partner to its Innovate ABQ venture, with the Bernalillo county commission’s tentative approval of $1 million to support the entrepreneurial and educational project downtown. At a January meeting, the commiss

The University of New Mexico’s Board of Regents voted unanimously to move forward with the purchase of land for an innovation center in downtown Albuquerque. In a special meeting to discuss the Innovate ABQ proposal, the regents approved the purchase ...